TECHNOLOGY

Pioneering mobile tech facility opens following chancellor’s call to make UK a world leader in 5G

Pioneering mobile tech facility opens following chancellor’s call to make UK a world leader in 5G

Following the Chancellor’s call to action to make the UK a world leader in 5G, a brand new 5G mobile network emulator launched at the ..

Thames Card Technology Bolsters Senior Management Team

Thames Card Technology Bolsters Senior Management Team

Improves customer servicing & positions company for further growth Thames Card Technology has completed a phase of recruitment to ..

IT outages financially cripple retail businesses

IT outages financially cripple retail businesses

As little as an hour offline can cost retailers tens of thousands of pounds  An hour IT outage can cripple retail businesses, costing ..

Artificial Intelligence in Banking – Robo Advisors and beyond

Artificial Intelligence in Banking – Robo Advisors and beyond

Mohit Joshi, Vice President and Global Head – Financial Services at Infosys  Technology has changed the very psychology of money..

Inside the cloud

Inside the cloud

By Ian Lavis, Praxity  Is cloud-based accounting really as good as it sounds? Advances in technology have made cloud-based accounting ..

Number of EMV Card – Present Transactions exceeds 42% globally

Number of EMV Card – Present Transactions exceeds 42% globally

EMVCo releases transaction volume data for the period July 2015 to June 2016  Technical body EMVCo today publishes transaction data th..

When Will Finance Fully Embrace the Cloud?

When Will Finance Fully Embrace the Cloud?

By John O’Rourke, Vice President, Host Analytics For years now, there’s been much speculation on when finance would move fully to the ..

The Key to Customer Engagement is Machine Learning and Intelligent CRM

The Key to Customer Engagement is Machine Learning and Intelligent CRM

The meteoric rise of social media has changed the way that customers engage with businesses, and in response to this; it’s critical th..

How high can you jump? Agile business and the digital revolution

How high can you jump? Agile business and the digital revolution

By Ruud van Hilten, SVP global commercial operations As the reach of digital business widens, what would once have been unimaginable i..

Keysource Helps University Plan and Deliver IT Strategy

Keysource Helps University Plan and Deliver IT Strategy

Critical environment specialist Keysource – part of the Styles&Wood Group – has been appointed by Staffordshire University to prov..

Bank of the future

Bank of the future

By Simon Blissett, Head of Financial Services Solutions & Innovation EMEAR at Cisco Nothing speaks louder than numbers in finance,..

IRIS Software launches KashFlow Windows app

IRIS Software launches KashFlow Windows app

IRIS Software is today announcing the launch of its KashFlow Windows app, a direct result of its partnership with Microsoft. The launc..

New Cloud CFO Automates the Manual Consolidation Process for Group Finance with Spreadsheets Connected to the Cloud

New Cloud CFO Automates the Manual Consolidation Process for Group Finance with Spreadsheets Connected to the Cloud

Everyone shares one version of data for faster and more accurate financial reporting Synapse has introduced the powerful Cloud CFO sol..

Care home crisis: new health-tech platform secures record funding to disrupt dysfunctional sector that costs UK taxpayers millions

Care home crisis: new health-tech platform secures record funding to disrupt dysfunctional sector that costs UK taxpayers millions

Inefficient care industry blamed for bed-blocking that cripples NHS, and string of neglect scandals.  Cera’s “on-demand” platform to ..

Automating Repetitive and Time-Consuming Finance Functions

Automating Repetitive and Time-Consuming Finance Functions

Andy Bottrill, Regional Vice President at BlackLine The point of using the best automation technology tools in any company’s finance t..

Eseye announces breakthrough IoT technology with launch of AnyNet Secure™

Eseye announces breakthrough IoT technology with launch of AnyNet Secure™

Offering Seamless, Secure, Over-the-Air Connectivity Eseye, a leading global cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity provider f..

Regional Colocation – A Great Option for SME’s 

Regional Colocation – A Great Option for SME’s 

By Laurence Baker, Marketing Manager, Keysource It is no secret that businesses are becoming ever more dependent on data due to a numb..

Exact launches Practice Management solution to help transform accountants into trusted business advisors

Exact launches Practice Management solution to help transform accountants into trusted business advisors

Integrated client collaboration in the cloud will allow accountants to provide rapid, in-depth advisory service and beat the competiti..

Durham County Council reduces data log analysis costs by 50% with real-time analysis and security tool

Durham County Council reduces data log analysis costs by 50% with real-time analysis and security tool

Local authority expands use of SIEM technology internally to ensure compliance with all accreditation requirements across Durham and t..

Improve your business while saving the planet and your back with EasyCat

Improve your business while saving the planet and your back with EasyCat

The EasyCat journey began when founder, serial entrepreneur and interactive communication specialist Fadi Sabbagha was leaving an exhi..

The Evolving Role of the CFO: From Scorekeeper to Business Partner

The Evolving Role of the CFO: From Scorekeeper to Business Partner

By Ian Charles, CFO, Host Analytics There’s no question that the role of the CFO has evolved over the past few years. Historically rec..

Kelda Technology selected as one of thetop 30 cleantech companies in the world

Kelda Technology selected as one of thetop 30 cleantech companies in the world

Pioneering start-up Kelda Technology is set to take its unique energy-efficient shower system onto the global stage after being select..

The importance of global collaboration in the EdTech sector

The importance of global collaboration in the EdTech sector

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Co-Founder, EdTechXGlobal Over the past decade, digital technology has disrupted and revolutionised a varie..

How an advanced manufacturing technology can make your business more 3-dimensional

How an advanced manufacturing technology can make your business more 3-dimensional

Damian Hennessey, Director, Proto Labs Preconceived notions of mass production are being redefined by additive manufacturing, the proc..

Digitalisation: why using the opportunity of Fintechs can create an innovative digital client experience

Digitalisation: why using the opportunity of Fintechs can create an innovative digital client experience

Martin Zahner, Head Software Exchange at Avaloq Challenge of digitalisation Digitalisation is impacting all walks of life – both busin..

THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTS and COLLECTIONS

THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTS and COLLECTIONS

Themes and Issues Covered at TALKINGTECH’s ‘The Future of Digital Payments and Collection’s Event #futureofpayments16 Last month, much..

How to Make Apps Make Money?

How to Make Apps Make Money?

By Christopher P. Willis, CMO at Perfecto The time spent using apps has increased by 90 per cent since 2013. In the financial sector, ..

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Mark Hall, public sector director at Redcentric The UK is in a time of political change effecting businesses and citizens, which is wh..

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

By Rob Garbutt, CEO of LDeX Group Rob Garbutt The landscape of the finance sector is changing and new technologies are dominating the..

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

By Frederic Valluet, Solutions Director, EMEA, Insurance & Healthcare at MarkLogic Frederic Valluet, MarkLogic Fraud is a perenni..

Cutting business costs: Pros of using commercial heat pumps in 2016

Cutting business costs: Pros of using commercial heat pumps in 2016

For over thirty years, businesses in Northern Europe have been using commercial heat pumps to provide cheap and reliable sources of he..

FIME launches the next generationof its EMV Level 3 test platform

FIME launches the next generationof its EMV Level 3 test platform

Test tool significantly speeds up terminal integration testing and certification for acquirers, processors, merchants, VARs & ISVs..

IRIS acquisition enables accountants to add greater value to their clients

IRIS acquisition enables accountants to add greater value to their clients

IRIS Software Group has agreed to acquire Level10 Ltd including its forecasting and reporting software Gearshift; enabling accountants..

Setting the pace – Cognitive financial planning and analysis for business agility

Setting the pace – Cognitive financial planning and analysis for business agility

By Paul Campion, Director, IBM Global Financing, UK&I Paul Campion The pace of change within, and without, a business is ever inc..

FICO Provides Decisioning Platform for Smartphone-Only buddybank in Italy

FICO Provides Decisioning Platform for Smartphone-Only buddybank in Italy

UniCredit will launch buddybank in early 2017 in Italy HIGHLIGHTS: FICO is providing the decision management platform forUniCredit’sb..

How big data is sending shockwaves through the financial services sector

How big data is sending shockwaves through the financial services sector

By James Blake, CEO of big data firm Hello Soda James Blake The world of financial services is changing at the hands of big data and ..

Unlocking the code – How to benefit from low code platforms

Unlocking the code – How to benefit from low code platforms

By Kieran Saunders, senior business consultant at FileMaker Software development has long been seen as an important skill. Initially w..